He indicated that the instruction apply to teachers in private schools saying the service oversees some of their activities.

‘GES frowns on the use of canes or any form of corporal punishment meted out on children in our schools in the country. Any form of corporal punishment which will inflict pains, we said our teachers should not use canes in disciplining our children, they should not. GES has stated that we will not support any teacher who uses canes in our schools should something occurs, they must and should not, I mean trained and professional teachers use canes that is not the only way of correcting or disciplining students,’ he explained.

Asked the punishment to be meted out to teachers who flout this directive, he said’ its a warning we have given so we don’t expect anybody to do it, I wouldn’t know what would happen but if a serious thing occur by the use of the cane by any teacher, GES will never be behind anybody to defend, a disciplinary action would be taken against the person’.